Georgia forestry, Vol. 19, no. 1 (Mar. 1966)

WHAT ARE OUR FUTURE FOREST NEEDS

eorgla FORESTRY

March , 1966 No.

Vol. 19

Frank Craven

Editor

Published Quarterly by the GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
Box 1077 Macon, Georgia 31202
GEORGIA F O RESTRY MAILI NG ADDRESS Route 1, Box 85 Dr y Branch, Georg i a 31202

RAY SHIRLEY - DIRECTOR

Members, Board of C omm issioners: CHA IRMAN
W. George Beasley - Lavon i a

Andrew Aultman - Sylvester

Hugh Dixon

- Vidalia

L. H. Morgan

- Eastman

Alexander Sessoms - Cogdell

DISTRICT OFFICES
GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
DISTRICT IRoute 2 Statesboro
DISTRICT 11--P. 0. Box 26 Comilla
DISTRICT 111--P. 0. Box 169 Amer icus
DIST~ICT IV--P. 0 . Box 333 Newnan
DISTRICT V--P. 0 . Box 96 McRae
DISTRICT VI--P. 0 . Box 881 Mi lledgev i lie
DIST~ICT VIIP. 0. Box 2136 Rome
DIST~ICT VII--P. 0. Box 1160 Wa ycro ss
DISTRICT IXF'. O. Box 416 Go inesv i lie
DISTRICT XRoute 2 Washington

On t he Cover
What wi II th e deman d be on our fo rests at the turn of the century? No w, we can only prognostic ate. But, one thing is certain. We mu st be pr epared for any eventua lity. Strong markets and new developments will re sult only from a sound basis of raw material.
Me mber of the Georgia Press A ssoci ation
Sec on d-cla ss postage paid at Dry Branch, Ga.

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Contents

Georgia's Year 2000 Forestry Needs For Soi I And Water Conservation 3
72nd Arbor Day Anniversary Observed .. 4

Make Georgia Beautiful .

5

Conservation Workshops Offer Teacher Training

6

Report Shows Forward Movement

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Forestry Training Program Initiated.. . .

10

Professor Bishop Retires . . . . . . . . 10

Forest Service Promotions . . . . . . . 10

Kiln Drying Demonstration Set....

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Vincent Retires, Stradt Is Successor . . . . 11

Ranger Of The Quarter . . . . . .

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Burned Forest Acreage Reduced . . . 12

Forestry Services Combined . . 13

Commission Films Released . . 13

Compact Names Officers.

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New Board Appointee

14

Logging The Foresters . .

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Cruising the Ne"W"s

Great Year For Georgia Forests

All Georgians have cause to be pro ud o f the newly- issued report of the

Georgia Forestry Commission on activitie s for 1965, It was a gratifying year

indeed in forest protection, forest management a nd educ ation.

The fire prevention record of 1965 was a splendid one, The acreage loss

and the percentage of acreage loss were both t he lo west on record with only 20,464 acre's burned.

In the way of forest management, assistance was extended during 1965 by

t he Commission to mo re than 10,000 woodland owners involving almost a mil-

lion acres. The wide variety of timber stand composition in Georgia and the

na,ture of growing and harvesting timber make it imperative that the woodland owner be aided in good management procedures.

Major advance in reforestation is in the production of improved seedlings.

The program, begun in 1954, has reached the point where this year's produc tion of superior pine seedIing ~ was 3,600,000. Georgia, a national leader in

Tree Improvement, has 450 acres developed for the state's superior tree pro

gram, and seed orchards have 38,314 living grafted trees.

In the field of educotion,l, the Commission has made many advances, The

message "Help us protect your forests" was put before all Georgians Conser

votion camps, TV and radio programs, news releases to the press, talks and

beauty contests were employed to teach people the value of Georgia's 26 mil-

l ion for e st acres,

Maeon Telegraph

Expression Of Confidence

Anr. ou nc ement by Geo ~ g o a-Pacific Corp. of plans to bui!d a $3 million pine plywood plant adjoin ing its present facility on the old Louisville Road cou pl ed wi th acqu i s i tion of the 40-year-old Reynolds and Manley Lumber Co. o f Savannah i s good news for the Community, The new plant will provide ap pro ximat ; ly 200 additional lobs and is expected to be operational by August, 196 6. The fO~ m's e xisting plant employs about 400 persons, The Savannah compcny wh ic h Georgia-Pacific purchased employs about 130 worker s and between 75 an d 100 logging contractors.
Georgia-Pacific' s decision to expand operations in the Savannah area is an expressi on of confidence in the commun ity and its capacity for industrial growth. The e xpansion here will make it one of the commun ity' s larger employ ers wi th a major capitol investment in the county.
We join the commun ity n saying thanks to the firm's management for their faith in u s and extend a fervent wi sh for continued successful growth in the Greater Savann ah area,

Savannah Evening Press

GEORGIA'S YEAR 2000 FORESTRY NEEDS
FOR SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION

A century makes a difference. The beginning of the Twentieth Century saw forestry stumbling at the starting gate. Those interested in creating a planned forestry program, in having forestry represented in government and foreseeing forestry as a major pillar of the state's economy were in the minority.
However, the minority consisted of men with dedication, purpose and inexhaustible courage and fortitude. The results need no explanation. In each county throughout this state, the eye can see the smoke swirling skyward, not from a wood consuming fire, but from a wood-using industry; The ear can hear the voices of the forest, a sign of pi an ned management; and forestry 1s talked about, by both rural, urban and metropolitan citizens which indicates its economic strength.
Therefore, our forestry program, today, has come from a stumbling beginn ing to the head of the pack going into the home stretch.
Where wi II the year two thousand find us? The future of Georgia prosperity and growth is dependent on increasing, preserving and maintaining the basic resources: soil. water trees and other allied factors.
STRAIN ON RESOURCES'
To maintain and increase these basic resources, the utilization requirements of these resources will have to be projected. People will determine these requirements. Statistics show that more people are going to be around, thus the soil and water and timber resources will be strained. How much they will be strained will be determined by our flexibility in making transitions and formulating programs with the supply and demand.
By the year 2000, the demand for timber products are projected to increase some 80 percent. This means that we will have to cut
about 81 billion board feet at the
with

IN GEORGIA 72nd Arbor Day Anniversary Observed

program after, had its start in Oh io
in 1882.
Today, Georgia doesn't wait unti I Arbor Day to plant trees. The nur se ri es of the Georgia Forestry Com mi ss io n each year grow mi 1lions of seedlings which are transplant ed in every coun ty in the state.
But Arbor Day does gi ve e very student a chance to see how a tree is properly planted. It g ives h im a ne w appreciation of the tree , wh ich means so mu ch in the Iiv es of a ll Georg ians.

Arbor Day, then, a ll o w s eac h citizen to re-ded icate hims el f to the protection, preservation and perpetuation of our state' s Iead ing crop - Trees.
The Georg i a F ore stry C om mi ssi on know s how to pi an t a t ree, fi gh t fires , wh ich threaten the Iife of tree s, t reat fo re sts for inse ct s and d is ease s a nd g ive d irecti on s in the cor rect way in whi ch t rees shou ld be t h inned a nd har vest ed, but c an' t describe a tree as did J oyc e Kilm e r, who s a id:

Jimm y Hamilton and Vi cky Lamon of East Po int participate in plan ting ceremonies at Church Street School. Photo by A tlanta Consti tution .
The 72n d Anniv e rsary of Ar bo r Day 1n Georgia wa s recently o bserved .
It isn't a legal ho l iday . But, it is a very important day, a day we paus e to pay tribute to the tree. It is a day in which school boy s and girls, throughout our state, conduct programs and partici pate 1n memor ial planting c e remonies on the school grounds or in pu bIi c parks.
The observance annually occurs on the third Friday in Fe bru ary .
A tree means many thi., gs . It provides beauty. It provides s hade. It provides nuts and fruits. It provides fuel and lumber. It provides turpentine and other naval stores produc ts. It provides the raw materials for paper an d dozens of other products.
You can trace tree planting ceremon ies back to the beginning of c ivi Ii zafon, but the first formal ceremony, which we pattern our

I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pres sed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nes t of rob ins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain ; Who i nt imately lives with rain. Poems ore made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree.
Smokey adv ises stu dents, Ma x Sho c kley, Gene Clay and Mar i lyn Futuro!, on how to protect trees plant ed du ri ng Arbor Day Festivities. Photo by Atlanta Cons ti t ut ion .

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"Make Georgia Beautiful Month" has come and gone. However, the spirit and the necessity behind the 'Month' Iingers.
The garden, women's, men's, youth and civic groups realize that a one month campaign doesn't h ide all the junk yards and trash d Jmp s that more often than not greet the city visitor. It doesn't make all the school yards, parks, CIVIC centers and other areas of public domain more attractive.
It does make the local gentry aware' of the 'corns' that it has always taken for granted. It does instill a need for community pride. It does make families of communities rather than individuals 1n communities. And, it does Make Georgia More Beautiful.
In reality, "Make Georgia Beau-
tiful Month" is a 12 month program.
The eyesore spots are sti II there, in your community and mine. Proclaiming a 'Month' will not do away with them. Cooperative planning and ACTION will.
Mary Fortson, an Atlanta Constitution writer, wrote of the work women's clubs are doing with youth through the Georgia Forestry Commission. She quotes Forester Louie Deaton, ranger, South Fulton County Forestry Unit, "We he Ip the students plant seedlings made available by the women's clubs. This may be the only time a youngster gets to pI ant a tree and watch it grow. It gives them a feeling of real accomplishment." It gives the community a sense of pride.
This is not a project that is confined to one club, community or city. All progressive Georgia communities are involved in beautification.
The 1966 "Make Georgia Beau-
tiful Month" was coordinated by the State Department of Industry and Trade and the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service Representing the respective groups were Bill T. Hardman, director, Industry and Trade's Tourist Division and Thomas G. Williams, Jr., head, Extension's Landscape Department.

Make Georgia Beauti ul
Members of the Forget-Me-Not Garden Club receive tree planting instructions from Louie Deaton, ranger, South Fulton County Unit. The seedlings were used in the "Make Georgia Beautiful Month" program. Members taking part are, Mesdames M. H. Allen, W. D. Morgan, Helen S. Pruitt, ). H. Blair and A. C. Carraway. Others are Mesdames
J. H. Griffith, project chairman;
Daniel Wells, second vice-president; and Willis Brown, president.
School grounds were excellent subjects for "Make Georgia Beautiful Month". Sanfo rd Darby, left, Georgia Forestry Commission Re-
forestation chief, and E. J. Cagle,
principal, Mark Smith High School, Macon; plant the first dogwood on the school site.
South Fulton County Ranger Louie Deaton talks 'Beautification' to East Point Junior Woman's Club. They are, 1-r, Mrs. Charles Carson and Mrs. R. A. Carroll. Photo by Atlanta Constitution.
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Conservation Workshops Offer Teacher Training

trom the Georg ia Forestry Commis-
sion, P. 0. Box 1077, Macon;
State Game and Fi sh Commission,
401 State Capitol, Atlanta; the National Forests in Georgia, 322
Oak Street, Gainesville; or representatives of the participating

ogene ies.

Georgia's first Teacher Conse r- each coi"lege.

The work shop is a cooperative

vation Workshops will unfold from

The curriculum will include a

project sponsored by the various

a plan on paper to reality this combination of geology, soils,

state and federal conservation

summer.

water, forestry, wildlife and out-

agencies. They include the Geor-

The first Natural Resource door recreation. In addition, some

gia Game and Fish Commission,

Use Workshops are an outgrowth of fundamentals of botany, biology

Georgia

Forestry Commission,

the thinking of the members uf the and zoology wi II be offered. Dur-

State Parks Department, U. S.

Georgia Natural Resources Education Council. Council Chairman

ing the three weeks, field trips
wi II afford opportunities for i 1-

Fish and Wildlife Service, Cooperative Extension Service, U. S.

Jim Morrison, Atlanta, stated that lustrating key points. Morrison

Forest Service, Soil Conservation

the Council members decided that said that both workshops will

Service and Bureau of Outdoor

the greatest opportunity for .pro- feature outstanding guest lecturers

Recreation. Others are interested

moting good natural resource use from conservation agencies and

CIVIC groups, industrial concerns,

lies in reaching our young people other educational instutitions.

and State Education Department.

through their teachers at school. Morrison emphasized that the
Natural Resource Use Workshops will provide additional training and information for teachers, 1rrespective of their fields, in the

Scholarships are still needed. Interested groups, companies and individuals are in vi ted to participate, Morrison stated. Either whole or partial scholarship contributions are welcomed.

Officers of the Council are Malcolm Edwards, USFS, Gainesville, vice-chairman; Mrs. Betty Croke, USFS, Atl onto, secretary; and David Almand, Cooperative Extension Service, Athens, treasur-

wise use of Georgia's abundant

Information may be obtained

er.

natural resources. The subject

matter 1s aimed at creating an

interest in Georgia's natural re-

sources while showing how wise

management can improve the eco-

nomic and social future. The final

goal is for teachers to be able to

supply this knowledge in their

yearly school programs.

He added that the two work-

shops are being sponsored by three

coli eges. They are Shorter and

Berry Colleges, Rome; and Valdos-

ta State College, Valdosta. The

courses wi II be held at Sh orter and

Valdosta State Colleges. The

three week course wi II begin at
Shorter June 22 and at Valdosta

State Aug. 3.

Zoologist Dr. Clyde Cone II,

Bi o logy Department head, Val-

dosta State, will coordinate the

South Georgia workshop. Ecolo-

gist Miss Lewis Lipps, professor

of Biology at Shorter, is in charge

of the North Georgia workshop.

The work sh op is set up for 50

parti cipants, 25 at each school. Five quark hours or three and onethird semester hours of underg ,duate credit will be given by

Moking plans for the Noturo/ Resource Use Workshops are, 1-r, Commtttee
Choirman Jim Mo rr ison, Gome ond Fish Commission, At/onto; Dr. C. E. Cone//, Voldosto Stote College, Voldosto; Dr. Phillip F. C. Greeor, Shorter
Co/lege, Rome; ond Fronk Croven, Georgie Forestry Commission, Mocon.

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KtfUK I ~HUW~
FORWARD MOVEMENT

Implementation of Merit System; farest protection record ranks nationally; waadland owners step up u :quest far forest management and marketing services; and vigaraus reforestation and educational programs were maintained.
All permanent Geargio Forestry Commission personnel were put under the Merit System dl.lring the
1964-65 fiscal year. The implemen-
tation of the Merit System affected
773 personnel. By earning under
the Merit System, all Cammissian personnel ore under retirement.
This enactment affected 330 em-
ployees not previously covered by retirement.
The 1965 annual report shows
that the Commission reached onother pinnacle in the detection and suppression of wildfire. Dur-
ing the fi sea I year, only 20,464
fa rest acres were burned. This is less than ane-tenth af one percent
af the 23,676,500 forest acres under
organized state protection.
The 1964-65 acreage lass and
percent burn is the lowest on re-
cord. The average 3.73 forest
acres burned per fire is al sa a recard figure.
At the end af the fi seal year,
there were 154 counties under
organized state pratectian. Caunties nat under pratectian were Quitman, Towns, and Un ian. Baker and Glascock came under protec-
tion July 1 in cambinatian with
Mitchell and Jefferson, respectively. There were five caunty mergers. Up san County's merger with Lamar-Pike-Spalding, Tayler's with Crawford-Peach and Stephens' with Habersham-White accounted for the multiple mergers. Twa-county mergers were realized between Bibb-Monroe and Jeff Davis-Telfair. This brought the number of county forestry
units to 117. Of this total, 32
consisted of more than ane county,
making 68 counties in combined
units. Intensive training was given

Cammissian personnel in its fire control simulator. The unit makes possible the placement of fire fighters and supervi sars, both trained and untrained, in a real istic situation under carefully controlled conditions.
Farest management assistance
was provided 10,813 waadland owners on 952,056 acres. This included,
timber stand improvement, development of management pi an s, weed tree control and others.
The Commission serviced the following agencies forestry pregrams: ASC, ACP, Conservation Reserve, Farmer's Home Administration, Small Watershed, Rural Area Development and the Georgia Crop Improvement Assaciatian' s Certified Pine Seed Program.
Industry, Chamber of Commerce and area and community development groups were supplied forest resource data reports. The data includes information an farest area, ownership, annual volume cut, grawth, pulpwood production, volume af standing timber by species class and seedling shipments.
Wark was started on an aerial camera for use in detecting any abnormal insect and disease activity. This methad, when perfected, wi II replace the visual methad naw used.
A revision of the Commission's "Uti I i zation Report and Directory of Woad-Using lndustri es in Georgia" is being made. The data will show trends and changes in the utilization af farest products and raw material.
During the 1964-65 planting
seasan, Georgia landowners, far the first time, were able to purchase improved slash and labially pine seedlings. Georgia, a national leader in Tree Improvement, has
450 acres developed for the state's
superior tree program. Tree Improvement activities were initiated in
1954.
This program covers slash, loblolly, Virginia, shortleaf and

white pine. Plans are underway ta include longleaf pine and a number of hardwood species.
The Commission formed a Tree Improvement Technical Advisory Committee. The ten-man committee 1s ta periodically review the Commi ssian's Tree Improvement Program and assist in farmulati ng lang-range plans.
The tree plantings with Cammission grown stack, during the past fi seal year, were enough to establish fifty thousand acres af new forests. Private landowners
purchased 61.5 percent af the trees.
Industry accounted for another
23.1 percent,
Newspapers, redia and TV programs, conservation camps, parades, exhibits, talks and beauty cantests were vehicles used by Forest Education to promote the Commi ssion's forestry programs. The largest undertaking was a forestry exhibit, Georgia's Woodland Wealth,
involving 16,500 square feet. The
Southeastern Fcir exhibit tald af the economic impact forestry plays in Georgia's economy. Caaperating in this project were all forestry groups and industries.
The Cammi ssion was active in farming a teacher's canservatian warkshap. It is scheduled ta came into being during the summer af
1966. Grammar schoal teachers
wi II take d three-week caurse and be given five college credit haurs. The courses wi II be held at Sho rter (allege, Rome and Valdosta St ate College, Valdosta.
Filming of "Georgia's Hardwaad Country", was started. A script for a new film, in cooperation w i th the State Parks Department, was begun.
The annual report points to the Commission's saund approach to the job of assisting Georg ians in the use of proper forestry practices. This endeavor is a cooperative one involving the county, state r .J federal governments as well a s rhe state's citizens and forest in dustri es.
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contd. from page 3
Estimated de mands for pul pwood, plywood and veneer by the end of the century are 2.7 time s th-e 1962 Ieve I of consumpt ion. Demands for lum ber are projected to rise approxi mately 43 per cent in this peri od, while the use of fuelwood is a s sum ed to decli ne by about 45 percent.
S ince 1930, industrial timber product s have represented a fairly constan t 22.5 percent of all industrial raw mater ials consumed in the Unit ed States. Some wo od products, such as lumber, have failed to hold their own in the mix of raw material s used.
However, this has been offset by the increased use of other industrial wood products such as container board and plywood. The projected demands for wood products represent about 21 percent of the estimated total industrial raw materials t hat might be consumed in the year 2000.
DOUBLE RAW MATERIAL
In Georgia , pu lpwood produc ti o n wil l need to increase from the 5.5 million cords in 1963 to 12 million cords by 1985 and 15. million co rds at the turn of the century. Projected demand requirements indicate a need for two bi II ion board feet of sawtimber against the present one b iII ion board feet. Our pre sent growth rate is s ix-tenths; of a cord per acre per year. By or before the twenty-first century, we need to be growing one cord per acre per year.

TO SUPPLY FUTURE FOREST MARKETS

GEORGIA N-EEDS TO 1GROW

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It i s encouraging to note that supply-demand relations are improv ing. The growth of both softwood and hardwoo-d timber has been steadily rising as a result of increasingly effective forestry programs. Fire protection, in particular, has paved the way for extensive natural restocking of lands and a green wave of young timber now reaching sufficient size to be counted in timber inventories. During the past fiscal year, Georgia recorded the lowest acreage loss on record, 20,464.
For industries dependent primarily upon wood fiber, including
the pulp and paper industry, the outlook for timber supplies appears favorable, even though further adjustments to smaller timber and greater use of hardwoods appear necessary.
Georgia's commercial forest lands have the capability of producin g substantially more growth provided recent levels of forest

In Georgia, puipwood p roduction will need to increase from the 5.5 million cords in 7963 to 75 million cords at the turn of the century.
management are maintained. Timber stand improvement, today, appears to represent the major technical opportunity for improving the timber supply si tuation over the next few decades.
Planting or seeding of productive sites also offers opportunities for increasing future yields of timber. In recent years, tree planting has covered some 1.3 million acres annually. Georgia landowners planted 1,548,112,854 seed Iings from state nurseries since 1945. Another 458.5 million were grown by industry. The two billion trees are more than any other state pi anted. This represents about 2.8 miIlion acres planted from industry nursery stock.
Adequate protection from fire , insects, disease and other destructive agents will be needed to assure expanding wood supplies. Closer utilization of timber in the woods and in manufacturing plants w ill also stretch available timber supplies.

In recent years , tree planting has covered some 7.3 mill ion acres annually. Georg ia landowners have p /anted over 7.5 b iII ion seed/ ing s from state nurseries since 1945. Another 458.5 million seedlings were grown by industry.

By the turn of the century, the demand for timber products is pro-. jected to increase some 80 percent.
Research and development efforts also will be of major importance to provide the knowledge needed for more efficient management of forest resources and improved techno Iogy in the woodusing industries.
Production of timber on lands owned by farmers and miscellaneous private owners is of key importance in Georgia. These ownerships include the major part of the commercial forest land in Georgia,
about 75.4 percent. They contain about 71 percent of the current
inventory of growing stock in our
state. In Georgia, the 71 percent
gr owing stock is taking care of about 81 percent of the cut.
Industrial holdings in Georgia are higher at more than 15 percent.
MARKET SUPPORT
AVAILABLE
This appro isal of the state's timber situation indicates that sup pi ies of timber over the next two or three decades could support a substant ial expansion of ma rkets for timber products.
Georgia's forests can meet th ese future needs with better ma nagement, increased tree growth an d adequate forest protect ion from insects and disease and fire. Each year thousands of Georgians are taki ng advantage of technical fo rest management assistance provid ed, not only by the Georg ia Fo restry Comm ission , but by consultant and industrial foresters.
The Commission's tree improve-

ment program, which began to bear fruit last year, should give our woodlan d owners a tree that wi II provid e in dus try with a higher qual ity raw material and in the end a h igher quality product. The impro ved seedlings are from selected parent trees. These trees possess charocteri sti cs of fast growth, resistance to insects and diseases, good form, high cone bearing ab ility, long fiber length and low specific gravity.
An aerial camera is in the making for use on insect and disease surveys. Through this development more efficient and effective data can be obta in ed in detecting and evaluating insect and disease occurrence.
The Commission wi ll continue to maintain and fur ther its fire organ ization in keeping with the value of timber land throughout the state. This will involve bringing under protection : those coun ties not prov ided with this service, combining county forestry services where feasible and a continuation of effic ient detect ion and suppress ion operations.

The raw material demands of woodusing industries can be met through better management and adequate forest protection from fire, insects and disease.
Demands for lumber are projected to rise approximately 43 percent by the end of the century.

If the foresTS are managed wisely, it will result in the conservation of soi I and water resources. Trees are the best and most pe rmanent stabi Iizer of the soil. Combined they are the basis to sound water management. Trees not only conserve water in prev enting ra pid run-off and related functions, but also in controll ing pol lut ion. Pollution is related to soil erosi.on and all factors that disturb the soil, roads, ditches , land clearing and others.

What wiII the demand be on our forests at the turn of the century? Now, we can only prognosticate. But, one thing is certain. W.e must be prepared for any eventuality. Strong markets and new developments will result only from a sound basis of continued raw material.
by A. Ray Shirley Director Georgia Forestry Commission
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Prof Bishop Retires

G. Norman Bishop, retired professor of Forestry, was honored at recent ceremonies in the George Foster Peabody School of Forestry Auditorium, University of Georgia.
Laudatory comments were made on behalf of the University of
Georgia by Dr. 0. C. Aderhold,
president. John W. Cooper, past president of the School of Forestry Alumni Association, remarked on the early forestry experiences of Professor Bishop. Professor A. E. Patterson, senior member of the Forestry faculty in terms of service, saluted Professor Bishop wishing him well during "the remaining chains in his cruise line".
Dr. A. M. Herrick, Dean of the School, presented Professor Bishop an engraved pi a que in recognition
of his 29 years of service.
The occasion centered around the announcement that a portion of the Whitehall Forest had been designated as the G. Norman Bishop Arboretum. The 50-acre site will serve as an area for instruction 1n Dendrology which Professor Bishop had taught for almost three decades.
Forest
Service
Promotions
Edward P. Cliff, chief of the F orest Service, U. S. Department of Agri culture, announces the transfer of James K. Vessey, regional foreste r, Atlanta, to a new po sition in Upper Darby, Pa.
Vessey has taken over the po sition of area director of State and Private Forestry in the states exte nding from Maine to Maryland and Minnesota to Missouri. Edward W Schu ltz succeeds Vessey as regi nal forester at Atlanta.
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Universi ty of Georgia School of Forestry Dean, A . M. Herrick, presents pla-
que, designating a portion of the Whitehall Forest as the G. Norman Bis hop
Arboretum to Professor Bishop, retired, George Foster Peabody School of Forestry. Others taking part are, 1-r, John W. Cooper, past president, School
of Forestry Alumni Association; Dr. 0. C. Aderhold, president, University
of Georgia; and A. E. Patterson, professor, University of Georgia School of Forestry.

Schultz is responsible for the administration of 33 National Forests in 13 Southern States extending from Virginia to Texas. He has had wide experience in National Forest management serving m various positions 1n Oregon and California. In 1956, he was promoted to a staff position in the chief forester's office in Washington, D. C. He was chief of the Division of Administrative Management. In 1964, Schultz became as sociate deputy chi ef for Forest Protection and Development.
Elmer M. Bacon has been named area director of State and Private Forestry for Region Ei gh t with headquarters at Atlanta. Bacon has been director o f the Division of Cooperative Fire Control for two years. He has been responsible for the Forest Service cooperative efforts with state agencies nationwide on controlling fires on state and private forest lands.
Dougla .. s A. Craig, assistant regional forester for State and Private Cooperative Program s, Atlanta, has been selected to fill the new position of associate area director.
"These transfers and promotions are made in connection with the realignment of Forest Service activities," Chief Forester Cliff said.

Forestry Training
Program Initiated
The Georgia Cooperative Extension Service has launched a program of depth forestry training for Georgia landowners and land managers.
The depth trammg courses are providing them with more technical information and background information regarding forest management practices. Dorsey Dyer, head, Extension Forestry Department, states that this type of training should serve a real need in the state where many of the landowners are advanced in their training and knowledge.
The courses are designed for five weeks' duration, meeting once each week. The fifth session is a daytime meeting, held in the woods, where all the forest management practices learned are demonstrated.
Dyer reports that the counties of Appling, Columbia, Coweta, Dodge, Emanuel, Haralson and Laurens have completed the training co urses.
The c lasses are taught by members of the Extension Service Forestry staff.

Kiln Drying
Demonstration Set
Wood s e asoning sp e cialists, at the U. S. Forest Products Labor atory, Madison , Wise. , will conduct their 90th Kiln Drying Demonstration here Apri I 18-29.
The two-week session will be packed with up-to-date research

results and advanced technology of dry k iIn operations, according to FPL Director Edward G. Locke.
Enrollment application blanks are available through the Georgia Forestry Commission, Box 1077, Macon, Ga. The request should be directed to Forest Management Ch ief W. H. McComb .
The cooperative contribution per enrollee is $275.

Kenneth E. Kimball, engineer specializing in kiln drying, is in charge of this year's demon strati on. Subject matter highlighted in the demonstration will be basic wood drying technology, types of kilns and auxiliary equipment, drying schedu Ies and moisture control of Iumber and other wood products during storage and production.

Vincent Retires Stradt Is Successor

A. chapter, in the life of the Chattahoochee National Forest, has ended with the retirement of Forest

Supervisor Paul Y. Vincent. After 32 years with the U . S. Forest Service, the last nine of which were

spent pampering the 700,000 acres of National Forest land, Vincent plans to travel and visit old friends.

His successor is Chero-

Pau/ Y. Vincent

kee National Forest Super-

vi sor Gilbert Stradt, announced Regional Forester J. K.

Vessey. Stradt has been supervisor of the 596,000

ac re Forest since 1957.

He has had outstanding success in developing the natural resources of the Cherokee. In his new job, St radt will be in charge of the Chattahoochee and Oconee National Forests.

Stradt began his USFS career 1n California 1n 1931.

Adhering to a multiple use philosophy, Vincent encouraged better timber, game and water management. The ret ired forester

ha s predicted that ten millio n people a year will soon be enjoying the mag-

nificent mountain forests

Gilbert Stradt

of North Georgia for recreation. He feels that the federa l government, as far as tourism is concerned, should provide these tourist attractions . Private property own-

ers, scattered throughout the National Forest and along its boundaries, can develop the commercial facilities to serve these tourists.
Vincent, a native of Indiana, received his forestry deg ree from Michigan State University. Dur ing his Fore st Service career, he worked out of the Atlanta Regio nal Office in timber management, the Service's Wash-

ington office and California. On the West Coast, he worked on a pro ject to make rubber from a native plant, the gua ley bush.

Ranger Of Tbe Quarter

The esthetic values that make up the hidden beauty

of the mountains change to treacherous pitfalls with

the start of a blazing wildfire.

Frank Davenport, ranger, Fannin County Forestry

Unit has been meeting these pitfalls that begin with

the season of the crack Iing leaves. The cliffs, rock

formations, and coves, that are subjects for the artist's

brush, are barricades for the firefighter.

Since 1952, Davenport has been on more than ninety

percent of the wildfires occurring in the county. In

1952, 1,485 forest acres burned. More than 13 years

Iater only 130 burned.

A well-developed de-

tection system, improved

communications and equip-

ment, increased timber

value and the cooperation

of Fannin Countians have

Ied to this decrease. An-

ether factor is the cooper-

ation between the Commi s-

sion and the U. S. Forest

Service. A portion of the

Chattahoochee

National

Frank Davenport

Forest, 95,900 acres, lies in Fannin County . Their

personnel and tower-detection system are inval uabl e.

In the early years of the Unit, Davenport established

a forest fire protection show-me area. In the Mobile

Section of the county, there were six one-half acre plots

planted to show growth and reswts if kept free from

wildfire.

In the field of management, a four acre weed tree

control demonstration area has been established.

Davenport states that mist blower and various hand

methods are depicted.

There are 221,900 forest acres in Fannin County.

This is 86.7 percent of the land area. This acreage is

supplying most of the raw material for the 22 sawmills

operating on a seasonal basis and three that run full-

time. The county also has one pulpwood yard.

Unit personnel, in addition to Davenport, are Ralph

Pittman, patrolman and Lawrence Davis, towerman.

Forester Billy L. James works out of the Unit. He

serves Fannin, Gi Imer and Union Counties under the

Georgia Appalachia Program.

ll

urn or s r g

u

More acres under prot ection and a drier year with a reduction in the number of forest acres lost to wi ldf ire s in Georgia.
This is the outstanding record ach ie ved by the Georgia Forestry Commission with the aid and support of Georgia landowners, accordto James C. Turner, Jr., Commission assistant director a nd Forest Protection chief.
During 1965, th e extension of forest fire pro te ction fu rth e r strengthened the Com mission's program . Baker and Gla scock Counti es came un der pro t ecti on in combination with Mit ch e II and J e ffers on Coun t ies, res pe ct ively. T h i s added 194,600 forest acres to the state's forest protect ion program, making 23,871,100 forest acres under protection. Quitman, Towns and Union Counties are the only counties without state forest fire protect ion.
Rai nfall, in Georgia last year, was below normal in the northern portion, and slightly above normal in most of the southern po rti on , according to P a ul H. Hagerty , supervising fire weather forecaster for Georgia. During th is pe riod ,

The average s ize w ildfire dropped from 3. 93 acres in 7964 to 3.68 acres in 7965 . There are 23,871, 700 forest acres under state protection 1n Georgia.

the number of forest fires increased by 401 over 1964. There were 6,823 wildfires that burned 25,092 forest acres in 1965.
However, the average size fire dropped from 3.93 acres in 1964 to 3.68 acres in 1965. The percentage of protected forest land burned followed the same trend dropping from . 107 to. 105 percent.
Across the state, debris burnin g was the Ieading fire cause wi th 2,403 fires. These fires burned s ome 7 , 399 forest acres. Incendiary bl az e s, third in number of fires, 1,30 2, wa s s ec ond in acr eage b urn -

ed with 6,713. Smoker fires were second in number 1,664, burning 6,060 forest acres.
Turner emphasized that this record was achieved through the cooperation of the people of Georgia, in quickly reporting wildfires, and the constantly improving detection system of the Commission. "Our big problem now," Turner pointed out, "is to reduce the number of forest fires. This can be accompli shed," he added, "by the increased awareness, by Georgians, to the dangers of uncontrolled fi re s in and around our forests".

A backf1re is set to meet the onru shing wildf,re before it causes further timber damage. A rakeman clears the fire break to prevent the bac k fire fro m jump ing across the
t reak.

Debris burning was the leading wildfire cause in Georgia last yea r. There were 2,403 wildfires, caused by debris burning, that burned 7, 399 forest a cres.

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COMMISSION FILMS RELEASED

The Re -Creating Spirit

Georgia' s
Hardwood Country
"Georgia's Hardwood Coun try" , a 13-minute color presentation , has been released by the Georgia Forestry Commission. The film was produced in cooperation with the U. S. Forest Service.
Th e film dep icts Georgia's hardwood growing sites, hardwood avai lobi Iity and the demand for high quality hardwood. The important role of hardwood management, market ing and research i s emphas ized .

The fi l m is des igned to en courage the landowner to develop his hardwood potentia I by growing quality timbe r on s uitable hardwood si tes. In Georgia, there are about five million acres of lowlands which are the state's main source of high qual ity hardwoods. Today, desirable broadleaf trees stock only some 18 p e rcent of this area.
The film s et s forth a challenge to all woodland owners to put forth greater effo rt to maintain and expand Georgia's billion dollar timber industry through its hardwood country.
"Georgia's Hardwood Country" is available through the Georgia Forestry Commission and the U. S. Forest Service.

A Georgia Forestry Comm ission produced color film, "The ReCreating Spirit", has been released.
"The Re-Creati ng Spirit" plays on Georgia's state parks showing the many facilities made available to Georgians and the thousands of tourists that pass through the state annually. The place forestry has taken in the development of the state parks is depicted. The fact that Georgia's state parks are a major resource is emphasized.
The 15 minute color film was produced in cooperation with the Georgia Parks Department. Copies of the film may be obtained for public showing through the Forestry Commission and the Parks Depr1rtment.

Forestry Services Combined

Liberty and Lo ng Count ies have 'merged their county forestry units, announces Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission. 1Their combined forest acreage is ~481,200. Of this total, 134,600 forest acres are federal land s.
The combination brings to 37 combined units throughout the state. Of the 156 counties under organized forest fire protection, 78 counties are in combined units, Shirley said.
M. F. Futch, Jr., ranger, LibertyLong County Forestry Unit, said that a savings of approximately $6,000 state and county monies will be realized on the merger for the 1965-66 fiscal year. Each [ county's contribution is ap proxi11ately 7,020. The total budget is ~42,121. Futch added that Liberty :md Long Counties pay one-third Jnd the state two-thirds of the otal budget.
Futch emphasized that no changes .vi II be made in equipment and per;onnel. However, all equipment and )ersonnel are avai Iable to both :ounti es. Between the two counties,

there are five truck-tractor units, two jeeps and two pickups.
Unit pe rsonnel are Futch, ranger; Cecil Morris, L. B. Stric kland, Larry Swindell, Jimmy Lee Ussery and Ceci I Wi II iam s, tractor operators; Mrs. Lena E. Butler, Mrs. Serena Smith and Mrs. Vera Mae Ussery, tower operators.
The central headquarters is on U. S. Highway 82, one mile east of Ludowici. The sub-headquarters is maintained on U. S. Highway 17, one mile south of Midway.
The Commission congratulates

the Long County Timber Protection Organization and the Liberty County Forestry Board , County Commi ssioners and other citizens who have worked to make this combination possible.
Members of the Liberty County Forestry Board are C. Russell Smiley, chairman; Olin Fraser, J. F. Gill, J. E. Hook and John P. Stevens.
Officials of th e Long County
T .P .0. are Hugh D. Howard, chairman, H. H. Howard, Dr. 0. D.
Middleton, Marcus Smith and Phillip Swindell.
Shirley stated that in addition to financial savings to the county and state governments, there are other benefits. It means conserving heavy equipment, bu i Idings and other costs of a forestry unit, while still insuring adequate and efficient protection,
Shirley po inted out that a combination unit means economi cally speaki ng... savings on the local level ; and program wise .. ,to lanc1 owners and industry, a more eff1 lent unit,
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Compact Names Officers
Toombs Countian Hugh Dixon, lumber manufacturer of Vidalia, and Columbia Countian Jack E. Eubank, Iumberman and pulpwood producer of Appling, have been appointed Members of the Georgia Advisory Com mittee, Forest Fire Compact Comm ission, representing industry. The appointments were made by Governor Carl Sanders.
The announcement, of the two Members, was made at the annual meeting of the Compact held recently in Atlanta. The newly elected Compact chairman 1 s Carl I. Peterson, Tennessee state forester, Nashville. Other officers are John Tiller, South Carolina state forester , Columbia, vice-chairman; and James B. Cartwright, forester, State and and Private Division, U. S. Forest Service, AtIonto, secretary-tree surer and coordinator.
As one of two Members representing industry, Eubank was elected to serve on the Executive Counci I to pI an for cooperative programs of training and other activities for the coming year. Representative Wi II iam Jordan, Kentucky Legislature, Jenkins, Ky., was the other Member elected to the Council.
Senator Hugh Gi IIi s, Soperton, and Representative George L. Smith, Swainsboro, were designated by the Georgi a Forestry Commission on Interstate to represent Georgia.
The Compact promotes effective fores t fire prevention and control by the develop ment of integrated fores t fire plans, the maintenance of a dequat e forest fire fighting services and by providing for mutual aid in fighting fores t fi res amo ng the Compact states.
Me mber states are AI aba ma, Flor ida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mi ssiss ippi, 1'-lorth and South Carolina, Tenness ee, Virginia and West V ; ,: .,ia.
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New Board
Appointee
Mayor Hugh M. Dixon, Vidalia, has been appointed to the Board of Commissioners of the Georgia Forestry Commission by Governor Carl E. Sanders. He succeed s Board
Chairman C. M. Jordan, Jr., Vidalia.
Mayor Dixon , elected for a seven year term, is one of five commissioners who supervise the forestry program in Georgia. Other members of the Board are Andrew J . Aultman , Sylvester; W. George Beasley , Lavonia; L. H. Morgan, Eastman; and Alexander Sessom s, Cogdell.
The Vidalia Mayor, a lumberman and timberland owner, began his lumber career with the Foley Lumber Co. of Perry, Fla. Before going into business for himself in Vidalia in 1945, he worked for the Wilson Cypress Lumber Co., Palatka, Fla.; and the Putnam Lumber and Export Co. , Cross City, Fl a.
The native of Perry, Fla. is a Member of the Georgia Advisory Committee, Southeastern Forest Fire Compact Commission, representing industry. The president of the Hugh Dixon Lumber Co. is a director of the Georgia Forestry Association. He is a member of the Southern Pine Associ ati on and past director of the Florida Lumber and Mill Association.
In 1963, he was an area chairman for the Georgia Wood Council. During this period, he was a Lt. Col. Aide DeCamp on the Governor's staff.
The new Board member belongs to the State Democratic Executive Committee, the State Chamber of Commerce and the Vi dalia Chamber of Commerc-e,
A Rotarian , Mayor Dixon is a Mason, Shriner, Moose and Elk , and member of the Toombs County Sportsman's Club.
A member of the Board of Stewards of the Vidalia Methodist Church, Mayor Dixon and his wife, Myrtic e have three chi Idre'l. They are Bobby R., Ronny A. and Windell H., all of Vidalia.

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LETTERS
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Georgi a Forestry Commission Haralson County Forestry Unit Buchanan, Georgia
Dear Sirs:
May I express our sincere apprec iation for your recent help.
A fire is an unpleasant experience, but it is comforting to know we have willing and capable men to handle the situation.
The Ha~ al son County Forestry Unit ~eserves much praise for its professional ser vi ces rendered ,
Agai n, our thanks.
Yours very truly, S. W, Rodwell General Manager H oral son Metals
Ranger D. G. McWhorter Pickens County Forestry Unit Jasper, Georgia
Dear Mr , McWhorter:
My husband and I want to express our gratitude to all of you for fighting our forest fire.
As we had our Thanksgiving dinner today we had you and your men .to thank for saving the old house and barn and also our woods. Although lots of the trees will probably die, it might have been all except for you and your men.
Sincerely,
Mrs, C. B. Couch Hapeville, Georgia
Clay County Forestry Unit Fort Gaines, Georgia
Gentlemen:
This office would like to express its appreciation to your men for the prompt and ef-ficient way they extinguished the fire on Government property in front of our office. If it had not been for their quick arrival and know how, the fire could have spread and been of a more serious con sequence,
PI ease express our gratitude to your
rnen,
Yours very truly, Olin M. Taylor, Jr. Manager Walter F. George Reservoir

Logging the Foresters...

GRANTS Inland Container Corp oration Foundation, Inc. has mad e it s seventh consecutive annua l grant of $10,000 to Berry Coli ege, Rom e . C. Wayne Smith, Inland vi ce-president, Rome, sa id, "The grant recognizes the outstanding contribution Berry College has made to southern forestry and agri cui ture The University of Georgia School of Forestry has received a U.S. For
est Service grant of $30,000. The
grant is for support of basic research en titled "The Chemistry of Resin Acids from Oleoresin", acco rd ing to Dean A. M. Herrick .
ANNIVERSARY ... This year marks th e Silver Anniversary of the Americ an Tree Far"m System. The American Tree Farm System dates back to 1941 when Weyerhaeuser Co. dedi cated 120,000 acres of secondgrowth forest in Washington State as a tree farm .
W. George Beasley, Lavon ia, has been elected chairman of the Georg ia Forestry Commission Board of Com missioners, announces Ray Shirley, Commi ssion director. He succeeds
C. M. Jordan, Jr., Vidalia. Beasley,
a member of the Board s in ce Novem ber, 1961, is a Master Tree Farmer. Beas ley first became interested in tree farming in 1938. Since that time, he has been a strong advocate of fo rest management 1n produc in g quali ty timber.

Georg ia Forestry Commission District, Waycross State Forest and Atlanta office secretaries recently attended a day-long training session at the Com mission Headquarters near Macon. The program was aimed at familiarizing them wi th new adm inistrative procedures. They are, 1-r, front row, Mrs . Mary
Jo H. Key, Milledgeville; Mrs . Marion C. Jordan, Washington; Mrs. Sharon
Bennett, Waycross; and Mrs. Zelia Wilbanks , Gainesville. Middle row, Mrs. Lillian L. Hatchett, State Forest, Waycross; Miss Frances Stanley, McRae; Mrs . Karen Mulkey, Newnan; and Mrs. Clarice Manry, Americus. Back row, Mrs . Evelyn Vause, Statesboro; Mrs. Shirley Ford, Atlanta office, Atlanta; Miss Elsi e Scoggin, Rome; and Mrs. Mabel S. Holder, Camilla.

THE PAPER FOREST... is a new education motion picture produced by the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association. The fi lm IS available for special showings, announced H. J . Mal sberger, SPCA general manager, At Ionto. The film presents the pulp and paper story, how it works and the economic contributions it makes.
RESEARCH HEAD ... Dr. George M. Jemison has been appointed Forest Service deputy chief 1n charge of research, announced Orville L. Freeman, Secretary of Agriculture. He succeeds Dr. Verne L. Harper who has retired
after 38 years with the Department.
In his new assignment, Dr. Jem ison will be responsible for all Forest Service research activities.
NEW PERSONNEL ... Forester BILLY L . JAMES is ass igned to the Ap palachia Program 1n the Ninth District Office... ROBERT G. BOLTON is the new assistant Tenth District forester in Management... GEORGE P. UNDERWOOD, forester, is working in the Eighth District as an ass istant district forester in Management.

Floyd Cook, ranger, Muscogee County Forestry Un it, is in the process of erect ing a number of informat ional centers on the Bull Creek Watershed. The watershed Iies in parts of Muscogee and Harris Counties. When the centers are completed, conservation litera ture will be available and a map showing the boundaries and structures of the watershed. The above partially completed center is lo cated in Windsor Park off Moon Road, in Columbus.
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MARCH 1966

SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT DRY BRANCH, GA .

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